NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JAN 11
The COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gujarat will start for priority groups from 25,000 booths on January 16 when the nationwide drive will kick-off, said the state government on Monday.
ગુજરાતમાં કોરોના વેક્સીનનો પ્રથમ જથ્થો તા.૧૨.૦૧.૨૦૨૧, મંગળવાર સવારે ૧૦.૪૫ કલાકે સરદાર વલ્લભભાઇ પટેલ ઇન્ટરનેશનલ એરપોર્ટ, અમદાવાદ ખાતે આવશે.@PMOIndia @narendramodi @vijayrupanibjp
— Nitin Patel (Modi ka Parivar) (@Nitinbhai_Patel) January 11, 2021
Gujarat will receive the first consignment of coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday at 10.45 am at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport here, deputy chief minister Nitin Patel tweeted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be connected to 287 such booths through video conferencing on January 16 and he will interact with doctors and recipients at two locations in Ahmedabad and Rajkot, he said.
નવીદિલ્હી ખાતેથી માન. પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર ભાઇ મોદીએ વીડિયો કોન્ફરન્સના માધ્યમથી વિવિધ રાજ્યોના મુખ્યમંત્રીઓ સાથે દેશભરમાં આગામી 16 જાન્યુઆરી થી શરુ થઇ રહેલા કોરોના રસીકરણ અભિયાનની પૂર્વ તૈયારીઓની સમીક્ષા તેમજ રાજ્ય સરકારોને આ અંગેના જરૂરી માર્ગદર્શન માટે બેઠક યોજી. pic.twitter.com/uYIYeBfayd
— Nitin Patel (Modi ka Parivar) (@Nitinbhai_Patel) January 11, 2021
After Modi’s request that public representatives should not take part in the first phase of the drive, the Gujarat government has decided that the chief minister, other ministers, BJP MPs and MLAs will not be inoculated along with the priority groups.
All preparations regarding the vaccination drive are over. We will receive vaccines tomorrow (Tuesday), said Patel, who is also the health minister, after the meeting where Modi interacted with all chief ministers and important officials of the country on the vaccination drive.
Ahead of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out on January 16, CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp participated in the virtual meet of PM Shri @narendramodi organized to discuss the strategy and future course of action today and appraised him about the preparedness of the state for vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/BhrZvYGh9r
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) January 11, 2021
The vaccine programme will start on January 16 as announced by the prime minister and it will be administered to the priority groups at 25,000 booths, Patel said.
Patel said he and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will be present at one of the venues to boost the morale of people receiving the vaccine.
Live – સ્વામી વિવેકાનંદ ગુજરાત રાજ્ય યુવા બોર્ડ દ્વારા આયોજિત યુગ પુરુષ યુવા સંવાદhttps://t.co/Y7KUmqFcoH
— Vijay Rupani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vijayrupanibjp) January 11, 2021
Asked whether the chief minister and other members of his cabinet will take vaccine shots, Patel said the BJP has decided that since the programme is for priority groups as of now, they will not take doses in the first phase.
The chief minister, other ministers, MPs and MLAs of the BJP and its office-bearers will not take the vaccine as they are for health professionals, frontline workers and senior citizens, Patel said.
The Prime Minister, in the meeting, asked public representatives not to take vaccine shots in the first phase.
Patel said that first healthcare workers followed by frontline workers like policemen, revenue department staff, safai karmachris (sanitation workers) will be inoculated.
After that citizens over the age of 50 and then those below 50 with serious illnesses will be administered the vaccine, the deputy chief minister said.
Around 11 lakh people engaged in COVID-19 duties, including over four lakh healthcare staff and six lakh frontline personnel like police and sanitation workers, will get the first benefit of the vaccine.
As per a house-to-house survey for the priority groups, more than 1.05 crore people over the age of 50 and 2.75 lakh people under 50 with comorbidities have been identified for vaccination.
Presented the awards in various categories at the fourth Tourism Awards 2020 ceremony at Gandhinagar. pic.twitter.com/0kfzRW3HUE
— Vijay Rupani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vijayrupanibjp) January 11, 2021
State sees 615 fresh COVID-19 cases, 746 recoveries, 3 deaths
Gujarat on Monday reported 615 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally to 2,52,559, the state health department said.
With three more patients succumbing to the viral disease, including two in Ahmedabad and one in Surat, the cumulative death toll in the state mounted to 4,347, it said.
A total of 746 patients were discharged after treatment during the day, taking the count of recoveries in Gujarat to 2,40,517, the department said in a release.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 case recovery rate has improved to 95.23 per cent, it said.
The state is now left with 7,695 active cases.
Meanwhile, for the second consecutive day, the state health department did not provide the number of coronavirus tests conducted across Gujarat on Monday.
The total number of samples tested in Gujarat until January 9 is 1,01,01,064, as per the health department.
At 129, Surat reported the highest number of the new coronavirus positive cases in the state in the day, overtaking Ahmedabad, which topped the list for several weeks, for the second consecutive day.
Ahmedabad reported 128 new cases, Vadodara 119, and Rajkot 60.
Among other districts, Gandhinagar reported 19 cases, Dahod and Jamnagar 14 each, Mehsana 12, Kutch and Junagadh 11 each, Kheda 10, Anand and Sabarkantha nine each, Bhavnagar and Narmada eight each, etc.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are positive cases 2,52,559, new cases 615, deaths 4,347, active cases 7,695, and people tested so far 1,01,01,064.
In the Union Territory (UT) of Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, two fresh cases were reported, taking the total count of COVID-19 infections to 3,354, officials said.
With no patient getting discharged on Monday, the number of recovered cases remained at 3,347 in the UT, which now has five active cases.
